Feasible schmeasible. You taking side-bets on it? Understanding the brain will require paradigm shifts of mass proportions, and scientists aren't ready for the truth, especially if the rigid inside-the-box thinking on/. is any indication.
My experience with psychosis is that we as people are out of touch with who we are, and when we start to "sense" the truth, it begins to make us feel "crazy" because we are experiencing new things we've never experienced before. Yes, drugs can do this to you. So can hard cold realities, such as cracking under the stress of life and hitting the bottom. Coasting in complacency usually never causes this affect. My data points include personal psychosis, which yes, was brought about by awareness that was catalyzed by thinking outside the box. I begin to realize all the things I was doing in my life, and where the behaviors originated (mom, dad, society, etc) and how they weren't helping me and were essentially trapping me in a fucked up past. And my second data point is my sister who never did any drugs but was locked for a couple months in a mental health ward, diagnosed with post-partum psychosis, and given ECT treatments that have caused memory loss for her.
We are going to face this as a society eventually, whether drugs catalyze it or not. We need to be spending more on mental health, and we need to begin thinking more outside the box than overprescribing pharmaceutical drugs.
I think it's fair. You know the consequences. If you have more children, you'll have to find a way to feed them. Expecting government handouts to not penalize over-breeding is a horrible idea. Over-breeding will eventually lead to real stress on resources and which will then create a whole slew of societal problems. A good solution would be one that keeps population issues in check before they start. By forcing people to find their own way to feed their children that doesn't rely on other people taxes is the only solution here. I would say give everybody the same amount of money, regardless of children. Period. And base it on the amount that would be needed for an average family of two, which would lead to a stable population. Some will have less and use the money on other pursuits. Some will have more, and find other ways to feed the family, like gardening, god forbid.
There are unhealthy lives and unhealthy genes. I'm not too worried about the lifestyles, as long as they're not reproducing. In the event where there are unhealthy genes being passed on, I feel like a good old fashion epidemic will re-balance the tables at some point.
Or alternatively, we can start a new religion that doesn't tolerate unhealthy lifestyles, and at the same time pass more liberal gun ownership laws (meaning all people get guns), and at the same time invest in larger prison systems to hold the new wave of murderers... you know, there are many ways to deal with this "problem". It will sort itself out.
Of course in the meantime, there's that pesky rising health-care cost problem. Socialize it?;) Lol, just kidding. Although, I think we need to incentivize preemptive health care. Private profits and western medicine's obsession with treating the symptom but not the cause is a real problem here.
Better be careful.... what about LOOOONG term affects of deflecting an asteroid? Sure, we'll be long gone, but is there downside to deflecting large bodies off their natural orbit, and disturbing the peaceful qi of the galactic universe.
I plan to enjoy life, even if there are fewer people. There's quite an untapped potential in the quality of life if technology is used FOR us in an optimized manner. I believe we'll figure it out before shit hits the fan. It needn't be that bad for the prepared. Yeah, it'll definitely suck for many people though:| o_o
Hypothesizing that people are having more "larger than life" subjective experiences these days that can't be explained through old-fashioned science (I know I have), I would say that more people than ever are looking for some sensational reasons, and wild claims about the "god particle" seems to offer some insight.
most people I meet seem like idiots, so just maybe i AM a superhero who can brake better than ABS. Thanks for letting me know. It never previously occurred to me =D
why not have a website like youtube, but where everything on it goes into the public domain once uploaded. Of course checks would need to be made towards authenticity of ownership of material by the uploader, and that it's not plagiarizing something else copyrighted (etc), but I dunno, it seems this would be a good idea and a website I'd definitely frequent perhaps as much if not more than youtube.
and did you ever notice if you follow this policy, only attacking obvious invaders, then well, you don't piss off anyone really, and noone ever invades, at least in a modern society with cross-border news and the world watching? And if someone attacks me and runs, well then, they better watch their back at night when they're sleeping.
yeah, all "stress" leaves "genetic scars" and shortens the life. Imagine a stress-free life. As we rid our lives of even what is referred to as negligible stress, the gains will/could be exponential. Don't underestimate the affect of even just a little bit of something. There's so much chaos and stress in our lives from so many different angles, it's like the noise to signal ratio is too high, and we just can't fathom that something like stress from a variety of cultural habits is causing life to end. Could we live twice as long? Don't forget about stress from jealousy and things like greed. Ha, conquer them all, and then what happens?
Facebook? Ahhahhhhahhaaaaaahhh. The king is fallen. Someone sounds scared. I can see the other two, as they control quite a bit, and people almost MUST go through them (more specifically in the case of government, but certainly apple if you're in the song-purchasing crowd), but if facebook EVER threatens freedoms to people, it will simply be dropped for another social network that doesn't have the same negative effect. YEah yeah yeah, people are lazy and won't change, blah blah blah, this argument only lasts so long. There's a breaking point. There always is.;p
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Feasible schmeasible. You taking side-bets on it? Understanding the brain will require paradigm shifts of mass proportions, and scientists aren't ready for the truth, especially if the rigid inside-the-box thinking on /. is any indication.
I'm just tryin to get laid
My experience with psychosis is that we as people are out of touch with who we are, and when we start to "sense" the truth, it begins to make us feel "crazy" because we are experiencing new things we've never experienced before. Yes, drugs can do this to you. So can hard cold realities, such as cracking under the stress of life and hitting the bottom. Coasting in complacency usually never causes this affect. My data points include personal psychosis, which yes, was brought about by awareness that was catalyzed by thinking outside the box. I begin to realize all the things I was doing in my life, and where the behaviors originated (mom, dad, society, etc) and how they weren't helping me and were essentially trapping me in a fucked up past. And my second data point is my sister who never did any drugs but was locked for a couple months in a mental health ward, diagnosed with post-partum psychosis, and given ECT treatments that have caused memory loss for her.
We are going to face this as a society eventually, whether drugs catalyze it or not. We need to be spending more on mental health, and we need to begin thinking more outside the box than overprescribing pharmaceutical drugs.
mmm sinsemilla (spanish for "without seed")
I think it's fair. You know the consequences. If you have more children, you'll have to find a way to feed them. Expecting government handouts to not penalize over-breeding is a horrible idea. Over-breeding will eventually lead to real stress on resources and which will then create a whole slew of societal problems. A good solution would be one that keeps population issues in check before they start. By forcing people to find their own way to feed their children that doesn't rely on other people taxes is the only solution here. I would say give everybody the same amount of money, regardless of children. Period. And base it on the amount that would be needed for an average family of two, which would lead to a stable population. Some will have less and use the money on other pursuits. Some will have more, and find other ways to feed the family, like gardening, god forbid.
There are unhealthy lives and unhealthy genes. I'm not too worried about the lifestyles, as long as they're not reproducing. In the event where there are unhealthy genes being passed on, I feel like a good old fashion epidemic will re-balance the tables at some point.
Or alternatively, we can start a new religion that doesn't tolerate unhealthy lifestyles, and at the same time pass more liberal gun ownership laws (meaning all people get guns), and at the same time invest in larger prison systems to hold the new wave of murderers... you know, there are many ways to deal with this "problem". It will sort itself out.
Of course in the meantime, there's that pesky rising health-care cost problem. Socialize it? ;) Lol, just kidding. Although, I think we need to incentivize preemptive health care. Private profits and western medicine's obsession with treating the symptom but not the cause is a real problem here.
i gotta believe the dude had some bad karma wracked up. Like, we're talking worse than my slashdot karma.
Aliens using hairspray? What's next, they also do the moonwalk?
I really don't care about a car company being an 800lb gorilla, that is, if it's cars don't pollute my airspace.
Better be careful. ... what about LOOOONG term affects of deflecting an asteroid? Sure, we'll be long gone, but is there downside to deflecting large bodies off their natural orbit, and disturbing the peaceful qi of the galactic universe.
The living will envy the dead.
maybe in soviet russia
I plan to enjoy life, even if there are fewer people. There's quite an untapped potential in the quality of life if technology is used FOR us in an optimized manner. I believe we'll figure it out before shit hits the fan. It needn't be that bad for the prepared. Yeah, it'll definitely suck for many people though :| o_o
Let's just wait for the robots to take over. Then, noone will have jobs anywhere. No need to hate on China anymore. Sheez, it's an obvious solution.
"that's priceless" roflmfao!! Someone mod this shit UP
And you'd trust these regulators not to do what money exchanging pockets tells them to do?
Kind of like you trust that the Fed always does what's in the best interest of humanity?
What if the nuclear site was in your backyard? Still unflinching optimism?
I for one have been let down too many times by corrupt individuals and systems to put so much faith in some dude with the last name "Bond"
and US Bonds... Or wait, those will actually go extinct soon as they lose their efficacy in the real world.
but fully immersive 3d reality porn with AI. Can't wait!!!
Hypothesizing that people are having more "larger than life" subjective experiences these days that can't be explained through old-fashioned science (I know I have), I would say that more people than ever are looking for some sensational reasons, and wild claims about the "god particle" seems to offer some insight.
that would be MOST excellent. I could send my 4 year old son to and from his mother's in without having to see her in person!
most people I meet seem like idiots, so just maybe i AM a superhero who can brake better than ABS. Thanks for letting me know. It never previously occurred to me =D
Excellent font choice. Mod up parent plz *bump* *bump*
I show my kids porn to learn about sex. Is that bad?
why not have a website like youtube, but where everything on it goes into the public domain once uploaded. Of course checks would need to be made towards authenticity of ownership of material by the uploader, and that it's not plagiarizing something else copyrighted (etc), but I dunno, it seems this would be a good idea and a website I'd definitely frequent perhaps as much if not more than youtube.
and did you ever notice if you follow this policy, only attacking obvious invaders, then well, you don't piss off anyone really, and noone ever invades, at least in a modern society with cross-border news and the world watching? And if someone attacks me and runs, well then, they better watch their back at night when they're sleeping.
yeah, all "stress" leaves "genetic scars" and shortens the life. Imagine a stress-free life. As we rid our lives of even what is referred to as negligible stress, the gains will/could be exponential. Don't underestimate the affect of even just a little bit of something. There's so much chaos and stress in our lives from so many different angles, it's like the noise to signal ratio is too high, and we just can't fathom that something like stress from a variety of cultural habits is causing life to end. Could we live twice as long? Don't forget about stress from jealousy and things like greed. Ha, conquer them all, and then what happens?
Facebook? Ahhahhhhahhaaaaaahhh. The king is fallen. Someone sounds scared. I can see the other two, as they control quite a bit, and people almost MUST go through them (more specifically in the case of government, but certainly apple if you're in the song-purchasing crowd), but if facebook EVER threatens freedoms to people, it will simply be dropped for another social network that doesn't have the same negative effect. YEah yeah yeah, people are lazy and won't change, blah blah blah, this argument only lasts so long. There's a breaking point. There always is. ;p